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An incredibly entertaining and perceptive look at the most controversial moment in Premier League history.25th January 1995 A cold winter’s evening. Manchester United away against Crystal Palace at a packed-out Selhurst Park. Eric Cantona, United's mercurial talisman, has been man-marked closely all game by Richard Shaw and become increasingly frustrated. In the 48th minute, Cantona’s temper boils over and he kicks out at Shaw. The ref shows him a red card. On his way off the pitch, a Palace fan...
| Автор | Daniel Storey |
The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey.Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in London’s East End. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, they’ve had plenty to keep them occupied.As rationing takes hold and Hitler’s bombers train their sights on London, there is no escaping the reality of being at war. Edith is trying to battle on bravely while bearing her own...
| Автор | Annie Groves |
Uses new methodologies, evidence, and topics to better understand ancient warfare and its place in culture and history New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare brings together essays from specialists in ancient history who employ contemporary tools and approaches to reveal new evidence and increase knowledge of ancient militaries and warfare. In-depth yet highly readable, this volume covers the most recent trends for understanding warfare, militaries, soldiers, non-combatants, and their roles...
| Автор | Lee L. Brice |
A comprehensive history of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, from 1776 to 1965 Most suffrage histories begin in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first publicly demanded the right to vote at the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And they end in 1920, when Tennessee became the 36 th state to ratify the 19 th Amendment, removing sexual barriers to the vote. And Yet They Persisted traces agitation for the vote over two centuries, from the revolutionary era to...
| Автор | Johanna Neuman |
A comprehensive review of World War II that offers a global-level analysis Written for academics and students of history, World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953 presents a dynamic and global account of the historical events prior to, during, and after World War II. The author—a noted expert on the topic—explores the main theaters of the war and discusses the connections between them. He also examines the impact of the war on areas of the world that are often neglected in historical...
| Автор | Andrew N. Buchanan |
Was wäre, wenn Märchen wahr sind? Donovan Turner, Viscount of Warwick, ist ein charmanter Schurke. Es ist alles nur Schau, wie er die Fetzen seines gebrochenen Herzens verdeckt. Französischer Brandy ist sein engster Verbündeter und er stellt sicher, dass dieser immer in Reichweite ist. Lady Estella Simms wurde von ihrem niederträchtigen Stiefvater ohne irgendwelche Unterstützung ins Exil gezwungen. Mit den wenigen Geldmitteln, die sie hat, nimmt sie ein Wagnis auf sich, welches keine andere Dame...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
La trágica historia de Robert Johnson, gran músico Blues de los años 30 americanos, la resolución del misterio de su trágico final, el trasfondo y la discografía completa. Una novela emocionante y una investigación histórica sobre la breve vida de Robert Johnson, considerado por la mayoría como el abuelo del rock pero amadísimo de locos del blues. Una narración apasionante y quizá la solución de un nudo oscuro, denso de esoterismo y fanatismo religioso, que llevaron a la muerte violenta y...
| Автор | Patrizia Barrera |
La guerra que los unió, también los separa.Años después, sus caminos vuelven a cruzarse, y tienen una oportunidad para el amor una vez más, pero los miedos de Victoria los pueden separar. Sobrevivieron a un mundo destruido por la guerra, sólo el tiempo dirá si encontraron un amor que puede prosperar… William Collins nunca quiso dejar el confort de Lilimar, su hogar. Un día, la plantación sería suya, y le pondría el corazón y el alma para hacerla prosperar. La guerra comienza en todo el mundo, y...
| Автор | Brower Dawn |
Историческая новела, которая повествует о перипетиях семьи греческого рыбака в Первую пуническую войну Альмицес Теопулос, молодой рыбак, живет с семьей на Самосе, греческом острове архипелага Додеканес. Случайное спасение двух жертв кораблекрушения станет причиной трагедии его семьи. Шел 264 г. до н.э, после смерти Александра Великого, противостояние интересов Карфагена и Рима, двух новых супердержав, привело к развязыванию первой пунической войны. В захватывающей драме герои погружаются в...
| Автор | Xisco Bonilla |
Anno 2019: ancora una volta, la studiosa Lucia Balleani e l’archeologo Andrea Franciolini ci prenderanno per mano e ci guideranno attraverso gli arcani misteri della Jesi rinascimentale, tra vie, vicoli e Palazzi di un centro storico che, alle porte degli anni ’20 del XXI secolo, inizia a rigurgitare dal sottosuolo antichi e importanti oggetti riferibili a epoche passate. Gli scavi archeologici di Piazza Colocci riserveranno infatti sorprese inaspettate agli occhi di tutta la popolazione...
| Автор | Stefano Vignaroli |
Una storia di odio e compassione ambientato tra i più umili nella Spagna medievale. Aragona, inverno del 1134. Estranei al succedersi di re e corone, gli abitanti dei villaggi vivono le loro semplici vite. L’inverno non porta solo il freddo e la fame, ma anche la morte. Un gruppo di infami briganti, conosciuti come “gli albari”, si è accampato nei pressi di Lacorvilla e progetta di attaccare il villaggio. Sancho il Nero è un povero carbonaio che cerca di sopravvivere meglio che può. Non...
| Автор | Casas Pérez Carlos |
Anno 2018: dall'icona del Palazzo della Signoria di Jesi scompare la corona di bronzo, da sempre al di sopra del leone rampante, a simboleggiare la regalità della città. Un nuovo enigma da risolvere per la studiosa Lucia Balleani che, finalmente incontrato l'amore nel giovane archeologo Andrea Franciolini, dovrà riscoprire assieme a lui alcuni lati sconosciuti legati alla vita della sua antenata Lucia Baldeschi. Ritorniamo dunque, insieme ai nostri due eroi, indietro nel tempo di mezzo...
| Автор | Stefano Vignaroli |
Esta é a história de Tristano, um jovem diplomata pontifício com um passado misterioso e tenebroso que, entre estratégias e embustes, entre aventuras e conspirações na Itália Renascentista, executa brilhantemente suas missões dominando a arte da sedução. Chegará, no entanto, o momento em que o destino lhe vai reservar o desafio mais importante. Foi então que Tristano mudou sua vida… é então que seduz aquela que, imortalizada em um enigma por Leonardo, seduziu, mais tarde, o mundo com seu olhar....
| Автор | Dionigi Cristian Lentini |
This is the story of the man who conquered and seduced the one who, immortalized indecipherably by Leonardo, with her gaze then seduced the world. It is the story of Tristan, a young pontifical diplomat with a mysterious and dark past who, among strategies and deceptions, between adventures and plots, between intrigues and the wars of Renaissance Italy, brilliantly carried out his missions, one after the other, using the art he knew best, the most powerful weapon: that of seduction. However, the...
| Автор | Dionigi Cristian Lentini |
Zwei starke Brüder. Der unerbittliche Kampf um Macht und Treue. Ein blutiger Pfad der Rache. Norwegen, 875 n. Chr.: König Harald hat die Stämme des Landes unter seiner Herrschaft vereint. Doch sein Erzfeind Varl schwört erbitterte Rache. Gnadenlos ziehen seine Krieger durchs Land und ermorden die Getreuen des Königs. Um Verbündete im Kampf gegen Varl zu finden, begeben sich die beiden Wikingerbrüder Kjelvar und Thorvik auf eine gefährliche Reise. Doch als Varl das Dorf der Brüder niedermetzeln...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Maria just gave birth to her first child, a beautiful daughter, but the event is shrouded in sorrow. A month earlier, Maria's husband, Lord Kersey, was killed in a duel under compromising circumstances. Worse, Maria's failure to provide a male heir has stripped her of any hope of an inheritance. Scorned by the ton, one of her few allies is her late husband's steward, Hugh Granger. Hugh is everything her husband was not-warm, charming…and penniless. Hugh has fallen desperately in...
| Автор | Jenna Jaxon |
Um livro para entender a história da China. Embora o objetivo deste livro seja fornecer ao leitor uma história curta e compreensível da China, o interesse do autor pelas culturas dos povos da fronteira e das minorias é percebido ao longo de suas páginas. A construção da China, desde os pequenos reinos nas margens do Rio Amarelo, que criaram as primeiras sementes da civilização chinesa, até um país que cobre agora mais de 9 milhões de quilômetros quadrados, pode ser seguida nas páginas deste...
| Автор | Pedro Ceinos Arcones |
Desde los inicios del siglo XX hasta la posguerra de la II Guerra Mundial se desarrolla la historia de la familia Barrieri, de sus cuatro hijos y de todos los personajes que, en el bien y en el mal, están a su alrededor. La I Guerra Mundial, el duro trabajo en el campo, las epidemias, el fascismo, las fugas al extranjero de los expatriados y una sociedad que cambia a veces de manera violenta y cruda, hacen de marco a una serie de acontecimientos que arrastran al lector a una síntesis fundamental...
| Автор | Chiara Cesetti |
Un libro per capire la storia cinese. Scopo di questo libro è fornire al lettore una breve e comprensibile storia della Cina. L’interesse dell’autore, che si percepisce scorrendo queste pagine, si rivolge soprattutto alle culture di frontiera e alle minoranze. La costruzione della Cina va dai piccoli regni sulle sponde del Fiume Giallo, che crearono i semi della civiltà cinese in un Paese di nove milioni di kmq, fino ai processi di conquista e sottomissione dei popoli che daranno vita alla...
| Автор | Pedro Ceinos Arcones |
Rock’n’roll i komunizm, czyli pół wieku w literackiej retrospekcji. Od rewolucyjnej Hawany, przez gorące południe Stanów Zjednoczonych, waszyngtońskie salony władzy i Londyn lat 60., aż po bezkresną Syberię. W świecie, w którym z niespotykaną dotąd determinacją w dążeniu do władzy ścierają się mocarstwa, bohaterowie powieści – każdy na swój sposób – próbują znaleźć dla siebie miejsce. Realizują marzenia, knują spiski, cierpią, tęsknią, zdradzają i kochają, podczas gdy świat wkracza w erę zimnej...
| Автор | Ken Follett |
Pokój w Europie lat 30. ubiegłego wieku jest złudny. Hitler obiecuje Niemcom wspaniałą przyszłość. Stany Zjednoczone próbują złagodzić skutki wielkiego kryzysu. W Związku Radzieckim w atmosferze terroru gasną nadzieje na to, że rewolucja odmieni los pogrążonych w nędzy ludzi. Bohaterowie Upadku gigantów i ich potomkowie próbują się odnaleźć w coraz bardziej przerażających czasach. Rodzice i dzieci, bracia i siostry, a nawet małżonkowie niejednokrotnie stają po przeciwnych stronach barykady....
| Автор | Ken Follett |
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now, for the first time, they are available in electronic book format, so a whole new generation of readers can be swept away on the adventure of a lifetime. This is the ninth book in the series.Uniquely among authors of naval fiction, Patrick O’Brian allows his characters to develop with experience. The Jack Aubrey of Treason’s Harbour has a record of successes equal to...
| Автор | Patrick O’Brian |
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now, for the first time, they are available in electronic book format, so a whole new generation of readers can be swept away on the adventure of a lifetime. This is the seventh book in the series.Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has...
| Автор | Patrick O’Brian |
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now, for the first time, they are available in electronic book format, so a whole new generation of readers can be swept away on the adventure of a lifetime. This is the eighth book in the series.Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, veterans of many battles, return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But Jack is now a senior Captain commanding a...
| Автор | Patrick O’Brian |